Towns And Countryside Flashcards
What is Wattle and Daub
The material used to make houses.
How did the water get contaminated?
Gongfermers would chuck the fesses into the springs and rivers.
What is a gongfermer?
The person who cleaned out the cesspits.
What was the job of a raker?
To sweep the town streets.
What was pottage?
A vegetable stew
What was the other name for the plague?
Black Death
What was the conduit?
A fountain where spring water flowed to
What was the midden?
A waste tip
What was erogotism?
A fungi which grew on the rye
What was waste used for?
Fertilise fields
What were houses like?
Packed/crammed yogether
What did water taste like in towns?
Awful
What caused bad harvest years?
Bad weather
What percentage of the population died between 1315 and 1322?
10%
Where houses regularly swept?
Yes
What where streams used to power?
Water mills
How many towns in 1500 had a population of over 10,000?
15
Towns were…
Messy and busy
Did the huts have good ventilation?
No
What did the victim of the fungi suffer from?
Painful spots
Did wattle and daub keep houses warm?
Yes
How often did a harvest happen?
Once every year
Gongferms emptied…
The latrines
Ale was stronger in…
Towns
